COINCIDING with Walk to School Week is a call from the RAC to reduce the number of cars involved in the school run.

COINCIDING with Walk to School Week is a call from the RAC to reduce the number of cars involved in the school run.

The motoring organisation wants initiatives put in place which encourage parents to leave cars at home and find alternative ways to get their children in to lessons on time.

Its chief concern lies in the statistic that 40,000 children are hurt in road accidents each year, which led to the creation of its Grass Routes challenge for schools, parents and pupils to use their cars less.

RAC spokesman, Nicola Thunhurst, said: "Rather than spending one week a year walking to school to promote public awareness, parents and students need a choice of ways to travel."